SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Alarmingly, the database also held sensitive data from banking institutions, healthcare providers, and government portals. Phishing and social engineering : Even outdated credentials can be used to craft convincing phishing campaigns targeting individuals or organizations.

Malware

The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts. In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. Talk more soon.

Social Engineering

Security Boulevard

JUNE 27, 2024

The post Three Nation-State Campaigns Targeting Healthcare, Banking Discovered appeared first on Security Boulevard. Researchers have identified three distinct nation-state campaigns leveraging advanced highly evasive and adaptive threat (HEAT) tactics.

Healthcare

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. million payments. ” reads the alert.

Healthcare

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns of attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that threat actors are carrying out attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. bank accounts.”

Social Engineering

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks. Image: @Pressmaster on Shutterstock.

Encryption

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The healthcare sector continues to be a high priority target for malicious threat actors, as it has been throughout the pandemic. Broward Health, a large healthcare system in South Florida, disclosed a data breach that impacts more than 1.3 million of its patients. million of its patients.

Data breaches

Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX says it has more than 600,000 customers and 12 million users in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, healthcare and hospitality. which owns LinkedIn, said in September 2022 that it had detected a wide range of social engineering campaigns using a proliferation of phony LinkedIn accounts. Microsoft Corp.

Malware

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Trickbot Malware that started just as a banking malware has now emerged into a sophisticated data stealing tool capable of injecting malware like ransomware or serve as an Emotet downloader. Note- In September 2020, many of the hospitals and healthcare firms operating in United States were infected by RYUK ransomware.

Malware

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

“Also some actors have reported that banks’ customer-support lines are being overloaded, making it difficult for fraudsters to call them for social-engineering activities (such as changing account ownership, raising withdrawal limits, etc).” ” Alex Holden , founder and CTO of Hold Security , agreed.

Cybercrime

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

This can make them particularly susceptible to social engineering trickery, the trigger for online extortion and fraud campaigns, Bastable told me. Social engineering trigger While no fancy malware is needed to pull off a BEC scam, technology does come into play. The total stolen: $2.3 The FBI is investigating.

Scams

Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Image Source: AI Generated Recent data breaches have exposed sensitive information from millions of customers across healthcare, financial services, and technology sectors. UnitedHealth Group Change Healthcare Incident The February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare emerged as the largest healthcare data breach in U.S.

Data breaches

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The common denominator across all countries is that these criminal activities are mostly targeting the sectors of healthcare, finance, energy, education and government. Deepfakes, mis and disinformation threaten to disrupt the social tissue of modern democracies by damaging the trust people place on institutions, each other and science.

Social Engineering

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Social Tactics.

Social Engineering

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

Bantick “As the MOVEit hack has proved, the bad actors are always looking for new ways to attack with tactics ranging from third party supplier attacks to more sophisticated social engineering and phishing attack techniques. In the surplus lines market, coverage is provided by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd’s. Best and A+ by Fitch.

Cyber Risk

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A new threat actor, tracked as TA2101, is using email to impersonate government agencies in the United States, Germany, and Italy to multiple families of malware, deliver ransomware, and banking Trojans. The phishing campaigns delivering malicious attachments were observed since the end of October. ” concludes Proofpoint.

Government

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. Depending on the number of infected computers, ransoms can reach millions of dollars.

Ransomware

Veracode Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In late October, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) co-authored an advisory report on the latest tactics used by cybercriminals to target the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. Because it???s

Healthcare

Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2023

Many of today's most dangerous threats are delivered through social engineering, i.e., by tricking users into giving up their data, or downloading malware from an infected email attachment. Bonus points for healthcare or banking organizations with logins that use passkeys , a hardware key , or behavioral biometrics.

Social Engineering

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

It is important to highlight that Africa has the fastest-growing telephone and Internet networks in the world, and it as the widest use of mobile banking services. This threat seeks to target and take advantage of victims’ fears, insecurities, and vulnerabilities through phishing, mass mailing and social engineering.

Cybercrime

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In a collaborative partnership, officials in the United States and the United Kingdom unmasked and imposed financial sanctions against seven members of the notorious Russian gang TrickBot (alias "TrickLoader"), a mainstream banking Trojan turned malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform for other criminals. Educate your staff.

Ransomware

SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Bell has more than 20 years’ experience in information technology and security strategy, most recently serving as chief security and trust officer for Verdigris Holdings, a mobile banking platform. He has actively worked with global organizations, banks, governments, security companies and law enforcement.

Computers and Electronics

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Globally, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and state and local governments continue to see a rise in the frequency of attacks. 2022 is not over, but there are ways to start looking forward to your 2023 strategy and how your organization and improve security without breaking the bank. Phishing Targeted Attacks.

Phishing

Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The methods used by cybercriminals in 2023 varied with cyberattacks, physical attacks, and system errors targeting everything from critical infrastructure to manufacturing to healthcare databases. Businesses faced constant threats with phishing scams , malware , and other tactics. But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

Data breaches

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration testing can also involve common hacking techniques such as social engineering , phishing attacks , dropped USB drive attacks, etc. Critical applications and internal processes, such as Active Directory (AD) ; Domain Name System (DNS) ; and accounting, banking, or operations management software.

Penetration Testing

Security Boulevard

APRIL 30, 2021

Community Healthcare Provider Gains Added PHI Security, Improved Vulnerability Management on a Limited Budget. The post Use Case: Financial Sector appeared first on Digital Defense, Inc. The post Use Case: Financial Sector appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Healthcare

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. Healthcare Industry Data Breaches Healthcare is an information-intensive industry.

Data breaches

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The attack is one of a long line of ransomware attacks targeting healthcare institutions. It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. However, the hospital did not disclose if they paid the ransom or recovered the encrypted data.

Cybersecurity

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

This includes using easily guessed passwords and falling victim to phishing and socially engineered techniques such as business email compromise. Most successful malware and ransomware attacks gain an initial foothold in organizations due to user error.

Cyber threats

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On 6 July, the US CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) published an alert in which they accused North Korean state-sponsored threat actors of using the Maui ransomware to target the US healthcare sector. The group delivers its malware using social engineering.

Malware

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The gang has scored a series of resonant attacks on oil companies, financial services , government agencies and healthcare providers. The gang infamously uses complex tactics and techniques to penetrate victim networks, such as exploitation of software vulnerabilities and social engineering.

Ransomware

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Meanwhile, in Estonia, authorities seized 80GB of server data, which is now being analyzed for links to phishing and banking malware. The industry sector that ransomware groups hit the hardest was construction, followed by hospitals and healthcare, and by IT services and consulting.

Phishing

Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016.

Security Awareness

SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Its recent attacks have extended to US healthcare organizations, while also leaking documents from various entities in an effort to cause both psychological and organizational repercussions among its adversaries.

Malware

Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

REvil claimed theft of financial spreadsheets, bank communications, and more. Provide cybersecurity awareness training to all personnel, enabling them to identify social engineering attacks and risky behavior. Colonial Pipeline - $4.4 Stress reporting suspicious activity.

Ransomware

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Despite all the advances in cybersecurity, email remains the starting point for the vast majority of cyberattacks, as phishing, malware and social engineering remain effective attack techniques. Healthcare firms, for example, may prioritize HIPAA compliance, but banking institutions have their own significant security rules.

Software

Spinone

MARCH 18, 2019

The healthcare industry in general houses a massive amount of electronic data about patients including protected health information to financial information. Modern healthcare is extremely reliant on technology. Health information is also becoming a target of attackers. billion registered Indian citizens.

Data breaches